2 Corinthians 12 (NET)

2 Corinthians 12:1¹It is necessary to go on boasting. Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 1:121 John 5:202 Cor 12:71 Cor 10:232 Cor 12:112 Cor 8:10Acts 18:9Acts 22:17-21Acts 23:11Acts 26:13-19

2 Corinthians 12:2²I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago (whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows) was caught up to the third heaven.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 22:171 Thess 4:17Ezek 8:1-3Rev 4:22 Cor 11:11Isa 57:151 Kgs 18:12Isa 45:24-251 Kgs 8:272 Cor 12:3-5

2 Corinthians 12:3³And I know that this man (whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, God knows)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Corinthians 12:4⁴was caught up into paradise and heard things too sacred to be put into words, things that a person is not permitted to speak.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 23:43Ezek 31:9Rev 2:7

2 Corinthians 12:5⁵On behalf of such an individual I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except about my weaknesses.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 2:32 Cor 11:302 Cor 12:9-10

2 Corinthians 12:6⁶For even if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I would be telling the truth, but I refrain from this so that no one may regard me beyond what he sees in me or what he hears from me,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 11:162 Cor 10:8-102 Cor 11:312 Cor 12:111 Cor 3:51 Cor 3:9-102 Cor 1:182 Cor 12:72 Cor 5:13Job 24:25

2 Corinthians 12:7⁷even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore, so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble me?so that I would not become arrogant.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 33:55Judg 2:32 Chr 32:25-26Gal 4:13Gen 32:311 Cor 5:5Dan 5:201 Tim 3:62 Chr 26:16Deut 8:14

2 Corinthians 12:8⁸I asked the Lord three times about this, that it would depart from me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 5:7Matt 26:39-441 Sam 15:112 Sam 12:16-18Ps 77:2-11Matt 20:21-22

2 Corinthians 12:9⁹But he said to me, ?My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.? So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 4:132 Cor 12:10Isa 40:29-31Eph 3:16Josh 1:9Isa 43:21 Cor 10:13Heb 4:162 Cor 3:5-61 Cor 15:10

2 Corinthians 12:10¹⁰Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 12:9Eph 6:10Rom 5:32 Cor 13:4Jas 1:21 Pet 1:6-72 Cor 6:4Luke 6:222 Cor 1:42 Cor 13:9

2 Corinthians 12:11¹¹I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those ?super-apostles,? even though I am nothing.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 11:51 Cor 15:8-102 Cor 11:1Eph 3:81 Cor 3:221 Cor 3:4-72 Cor 1:62 Cor 11:16-172 Cor 12:122 Cor 12:6

2 Corinthians 12:12¹²Indeed, the signs of an apostle were performed among you with great perseverance by signs and wonders and powerful deeds.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 15:18-192 Cor 4:21 Cor 1:5-71 Cor 14:181 Cor 9:1-22 Cor 11:42 Cor 11:6John 4:482 Cor 6:4-10

2 Corinthians 12:13¹³For how were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 9:121 Cor 9:61 Cor 9:15-182 Cor 11:7-92 Cor 12:14

2 Corinthians 12:14¹⁴Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 19:14Gen 24:35-361 Cor 10:33Gen 31:14-151 Cor 10:24Prov 13:222 Cor 1:15Ezek 34:21 Cor 4:14-151 Pet 5:2-4

2 Corinthians 12:15¹⁵Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 2:82 Cor 1:6Col 1:24Phil 2:172 Tim 2:102 Cor 2:32 Cor 6:12-13Heb 13:171 Cor 4:8-182 Cor 1:14

2 Corinthians 12:16¹⁶But be that as it may, I have not burdened you. Yet because I was a crafty person, I took you in by deceit!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 2:31 Thess 2:52 Cor 1:122 Cor 10:2-32 Cor 11:9-102 Cor 12:132 Cor 4:22 Cor 7:21 Pet 2:3

2 Corinthians 12:17¹⁷I have not taken advantage of you through anyone I have sent to you, have I?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 16:101 Cor 4:172 Cor 12:182 Cor 9:52 Kgs 5:162 Kgs 5:20-27

2 Corinthians 12:18¹⁸I urged Titus to visit you and I sent our brother along with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he? Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit? Did we not behave in the same way?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 8:6Rom 4:121 Pet 2:211 Sam 12:3-42 Cor 2:12-132 Cor 7:22 Cor 7:62 Cor 8:16-23Acts 20:33-35Neh 5:14

2 Corinthians 12:19¹⁹Have you been thinking all this time that we have been defending ourselves to you? We are speaking in Christ before God, and everything we do, dear friends, is to build you up.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 9:11 Cor 14:262 Cor 10:81 Cor 10:141 Cor 10:331 Cor 9:12-232 Cor 11:102 Cor 11:312 Cor 12:152 Cor 13:10

2 Corinthians 12:20²⁰For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me not what you wish. I am afraid that somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 2:1Gal 5:19-211 Cor 1:11Rom 1:29Gal 5:15Jude 1:16Prov 16:28Jas 4:1-51 Cor 11:16-191 Cor 3:3-4

2 Corinthians 12:21²¹I am afraid that when I come again, my God may humiliate me before you, and I will grieve for many of those who previously sinned and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 13:21 Cor 5:11 Cor 5:9-111 Pet 4:2-3Col 3:5Gal 5:19Rev 21:8Jude 1:23Jude 1:7Rev 22:15